Here is part 6 from Mel's Armory:
This is a Japanese Arisaka Type 99 Rifle from WWII. Kind of a funny story how I ended up with it. My brother is a very giving and great guy, he had a neighbor who was desperate for money and came over to my brother asking if he was interested in buying some guns. My brother is not a big gun guy, but has a huge heart and figured it was better to buy something from the guy than to just give him money, so he bought two guns. One of them was this Type 99, which appears to have been sporterized at least with a different stock. Anyway, my brother had no use for the rifle and just gave it to me. I have not even fired it, as the only 7.7x58mm Japanese ammo I can find is from Norma, and is very expensive. My brother wants to take it out one of these days just for the heck of it, and we probably will. As it is right now, its a wall decoration in my office!!
I actually really like old surplus rifles and am working on my collection. I have this type 99 and a M1917 that will show up in a future post.
MEL

This is a Japanese Arisaka Type 99 Rifle from WWII. Kind of a funny story how I ended up with it. My brother is a very giving and great guy, he had a neighbor who was desperate for money and came over to my brother asking if he was interested in buying some guns. My brother is not a big gun guy, but has a huge heart and figured it was better to buy something from the guy than to just give him money, so he bought two guns. One of them was this Type 99, which appears to have been sporterized at least with a different stock. Anyway, my brother had no use for the rifle and just gave it to me. I have not even fired it, as the only 7.7x58mm Japanese ammo I can find is from Norma, and is very expensive. My brother wants to take it out one of these days just for the heck of it, and we probably will. As it is right now, its a wall decoration in my office!!
I actually really like old surplus rifles and am working on my collection. I have this type 99 and a M1917 that will show up in a future post.
MEL